Touristenzahlen in Nepal

[Andreas]

Hallo,

Ganz interessant finde ich die Touristenzahlen für den Juni 2003:

The beginning of Monsoon in Nepal is marked with yet another robust growth in tourist arrival numbers. There were 17,811 tourist arrivals by air during the month of June 2003, an increase of 29 per cent relative to the same period of the previous year. This was observed in the figures released today by Department of Immigration. The figures also indicate, Indian arrivals reaching another record height of 11, 967, a strong growth of 41% over last year June. Third country total remained at 5,844 with 9% growth,\" according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).

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Visitor Arrivals in June, 2003 ¤*#

India up 41% to 11,967 visitors
UK up 22% to 600 visitors
US up 7% to 1,020 visitors
Germany down 9% to 234 visitors
Japan down 35% to 429 visitors
France down 1% to 207 visitors (Source: NTB)

(Quelle: NTB - National Tourist Board)

Nach dem Beginn der Friedensverhandlungen war es natürlich zu erwarten, dass die Touristen wieder kommen, aber die ansonst so reiselustigen Europäer (Deutschen) scheinen der Sache noch nicht so richtig zu trauen. Wobei der Monsunmonat Juni sicher nicht repräsentativ für den Trekkingtourismus ist!

Grüße,
Andreas

[phacops]

Zitat Andreas:

Touristenzahlen für den Juni 2003:


Wobei der Monsunmonat Juni sicher nicht repräsentativ für den Trekkingtourismus ist!


Der Monsunmonat Juni ist üblicherweise der besucherschwächste Monat für das Trekking.
In vielen Checkpoints und Nationalparkbüros hängen Besucherstatistiken aus. In Jomsom auch nach Nationalitäten aufgeschlüsselt. Für Zahlenfreaks hier z.B. die Besucherzahlen für die gesamte ACAP-Area für das Jahr 2000 (aktuellere habe ich selbst keine):

Januar ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*#2.131
Februar ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 5.230
März ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 9.252
April ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 9.543
Mai ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 3.480
Juni ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 885
Juli ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 2.209
August ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*#2.163
September ¤*#6.717
Oktober ¤*# ¤*# 16.993
November ¤*#11.733
Dezember ¤*# ¤*#6.065
Total ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# ¤*#76.411
Die Verteilung über die Monate ist auch in den Jahren vorher entsprechend.

In den Jahren bis 2000 war in der ACAP-Area eine fast stetige Zunahme zu verzeichnen:

1990: ¤*# ¤*# ¤*#35.811
1991 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 38.513
1992 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 44.453
1993 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 43.140
1994 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 45.723
1995 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 47.584
1996 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 49.587
1997 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 53.183
1998 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 61.718
1999 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 67.485
2000 ¤*# ¤*# ¤*# 76.411

Im ersten Halbjahr 2001 lagen die Zahlen ebenfalls über denen des Vorjahres.
(Alle Zahlen natürlich ohne Gewähr).

phacops

[Bjoerk]

Das sagt die Post zu dem Thema:

Tourist arrivals by air up 29 pc in June

Post Report

KATHMANDU, July 3 : Tourist arrival via air in the month of June recorded a magnificent upsurge of 29 per cent compared to the inflow in the similar period last year. The percentage rise in arrivals is the highest for 2003.

The increase in the number of incoming tourists during the last month is a result of a massive promotion that Nepal received during the previous month while celebrating the golden jubilee of the first ascent of the Mount Everest.

According to statistics disclosed by the Department of Immigration today, a total of 17,811 tourists visited Nepal in June this year against the arrivals of 13,841 recorded in the same month last year. The month-to-month tourist increment during May was only 9 percent.

The statistics further reveals that June recorded a strong growth of 41 per cent in the arrival of Indian tourists. The number of Indian tourists visiting Nepal during the review month was 11,967, against 8,480 during the corresponding period last year.

Third country tourist arrivals also recorded an upsurge of 9 percent in June. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), the apex body for tourism promotion for Nepal, has cited the focussed and sustained tourism promotion in India for such significant rise in the number of visitors.

"The better performance is clearly because of sustained tourism promotion in India coupled with attractive summer packages launched jointly by Nepal Tourism Board, Royal Nepal Airlines, and Indian Airlines, among others," an NTB press release states.

The NTB release further says that the growth in Indian arrivals is also because of SARS and Nepal’s moderate climate. "As Nepal is SARS free, a significant number of Indians diverted their summer trip to Nepal away from other SARS affected destinations," it states.

A clear message coming for Nepal’s travel trade out of this month’s success with Indian market is that it pays back effectively if we approach the Indian market with an effective marketing strategy and action plan, the NTB release reads.

According to the statistics, the British and American markets ascended this month after a series of decline in the past. The American market grew by 7 percent and British by 22 percent. However, arrivals from countries like Germany, Japan, France and Australia have declined.

The composition of Indian- and non-Indian tourists in the total tourist arrival for the month of June stood at 61 percent and 39 percent respectively.

Meanwhile, when analysing the statistics for the first six months of the current calendar year, there has been a surge of nine percent in the total tourist arrival, when compared to the first half of 2002.

A total of 109,446 tourists visited Nepal in the first half of 2003, up from the arrivals of 100,616 recorded during the first six month of the year 2002. Of the total tourists, the surge in third country tourist arrival was 9 percent while that of Indian tourist was 33 per cent.

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Leider finde ich die Site vom NTB nicht mehr, wo es immer die aktuellesten Zahlen gibt (arrivals by air). Aber im Mai hatte ich mir die Zahlen fürs erste Quartal 2003 angeschaut und da war noch ein gravierendes Defizit zu den Gleichen Monaten 1999 und 2000, 2001 zu sehen.

Grüße Björk